Traction-wheel.



B. M. BESKOW SL C. S. KELLOGG.

THACTION WHEEL.

APPLlcAnon min MAY \s. |914.

1,235,642. 4 Patentedmlg. 7,1917.

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TRACTION WHEEL.

APPLICATION 'min MAY19.1914.

B. M. BESKOW & C. S. KELLOGG.

TRAGTION WHEEL.

APPL|CAT|0N man MAY l?. 19M.

Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

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l morren-wanna To who/in it concern Bey it known that we, BmNnAnn M. Basnow, a citizen ofthe United States, residing the United States, residing at .the city of be y used to good advantage'on automobiles,`

y "at-the city of New York, boroughof Queens,

` county of Queens, and State of New York,

and CHARLES S. KELLoeG, also a citizen of New York, borough of Manhattan, county and State` of New York have invented a certain new and useful which the following is a specification.

This invention is-axwheel for vehicles t generally,and it pertains more particularly,

toa wheel for motor driven vehicles, such` as trucks, although the Vimproved wheel may or pleasure cars.

` wheel composed of sheet metal side mem- `bers and a demountable rim wherein the wheel structure is such that the rim can be salient feature of \the invention is a removed withoutdismounting orotherwise disturbing the component parts of said structure.Y s Y Another important part of theinvention is a metal wheel embodying complementa] side members composed of pressed metal, corrugatedto impart the required stillness and stability to 'the wheel. The use of pressed sheet metal simplifies thewheel structure, ,enables the wheel `to be manufacrim, but the other edge ofthe rim seatl or felly is free or unobstructed, whereby the demountable rim andthe tire thereoncan member of which isV composed ofsideplates be easily taken of and replaced while at the same'- time the4 side members of said wheel remainintact.

The linvention may be utilized in the constructionof straight wheelsfor automobiles and yvehicles generally, but a. special. feature Vof the invention pertains tothe construction of a double wheel eachA half-or relatively positioned to produce a sinuous rim or tread, the sinuosities of the two halves being reversed. -Such a double' wheel y.Slzeeoleation of Letters Patent. f Appunti@ ma any 1e', im. semi no. seam.

'fraction-Wheel, of

structure is desirable more especiallv for trucks, tractors and similar vehicles designed 1 vfor the transportation of heavy loads, because of the fact that side slip on theroad surface is minimized. The double wheel is valuable, moreover," in other relat Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

tions, such as the *driving or `traction element of that type of light fast moving con- 4 voyance known as cycle cars.' Other l.featuresand advantages of tailed descriptlon.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a shee metal wheel with a demountablerim em. bodying our invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation offon'e-half o the' wheel illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. '3 is afvertical section through the hub portion of` asheet metal wheel illustrating another hub construction. l

Fig. 4 is an elevation, partly in vertical section, of a double sinuous tread wheel embodying the invention.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section throughr onetread illustrating a modified construction of the hub.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the construction illustrated in'Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a cross section through the riml portion of a sheet metal wheel with a perthe'in-l ventlon will appear `from the following de` eo 'half of. the double wheel with a vsinuous y manent rim interlocked to the side plates, .4

a demountable double tire being seated upon the rim.

Fig. 8 is a transverse vertical section through the construction of Fig. 7.

' Fig. 9` is a vertical section through the rim portion of a wheel with another. form of means for securing the demountable tire thereto.'

Referring more particularly to the colli-v structionillustrated inl Figs. 1 and 2, the

' wheel embodiessideplates "A B each comf posed of a single piece of metal which is corrugated radially at a to impartthe desired stiifness and rigidity to said member.

The metal or sheet is out `to the desired form 'and dimensions and subjected to the pressure of suitable dies in a forming press, which dies operate to produce radial corrugations a and slmultaneously therewith to impart the-desired dishedform to the mem. ber. shown, the members are slightly conical, and said members are assembled in reverse positions, .the corrugations positioned interiorly or kon 'the opposing the members are adapted to be interlocked with a hub C. to be presently described.

An essential feature of the wheel construction is a felly D which is integral with one' l of the side plates and has interlocking en gagement w1th the other side plate, and

upon this felly is mounted a rim E, the lat` lter carrying a tire F of one form oranother,

said'tire bein either solid'or inflatable, as desired. As

stantially at a ri ht angle to the said member B, t us resulting in t e felly member D which is positioned toan the space lbetween members A-and B. T e felly member D is ovided with a corrugated iange d, and .t e edge portion of memberv A`is corrugated at e, thecorrugations d e f able rim when the latter is laced upon the. wheel, but theside of the elly next to the the rim,

member B is unobstructed whereb and the tire thereon may be freely Yed or replaced.-

ount- AS shown, the rim E consists of a flat band of metal adapted to be mounted upon the felly of the wheelb moving said rim edgewise, thus shovin the rim and tire into position upon the fe y. The tire F is connected -with the rim. by clamping members f, and the rim and tire when positioned u n the felly are adapted to be fastened in p ace b 'any suitable means. It is evident that devlces'well known to those skilled in the art may be employed for retaining the rim and tire ina locked position upon the wheel, but in Fig. 1 we have shown a bolt g as thev fastemng means, said bolt extending throu h the corrugated interlocked parts d. e, v e clamps f and a part of tire F. y

Various forms of hub constructions may be employed, two of such forms being illus- I v tratedin Figs. 1 and 3. As shown 1n Fig.

own in Fig. 1 the side'mem-U ber B is turned over at its edge `portion sublane of y ofdisk A is meined'beevn 'che vimage1A collar c and another collar i, the oppo faces of said collars a z beingv corrugated vorrespondinglly toV the part b ofthe side member A, w ereby the matchin -parts 'bei are adapted tol b e clamped or fastened together in any suitable way, as for example bythe bolts or rivets H. Y l

I desi ates an axle extendin throu -h the hub s eeve and su portedby bal orv ro er bearings within sai hub sleeve. Said-axle 1s shown as having/ a collar I? and a dust \collar I.- The outer portion of the axle and its collar Ii are incased within a boxing J forming a part of the sleeve C and upon the externally threaded part ofwhich is ,screwed the cap G. Said boxing J is pro- Iyidedwitha radial ange which 1s in oppos- `ing1 relation to the collar h of the hub sleeve, an between the collar h and ange J ispof -sitioned the corrugatedpart lb of side member B. l The inner faces ofV collar h. and -iange J are corrugated correspondingly to the corrugations b .of member B, and these artsare clamped' in fixed "relation by the olts or vrivets H. 1 It. will be seen that the rrespective side members A B are interlocked l with collars on the hub, said side members being rigidly fastened to, as well as interlocked with, members of said hub. The side members are, furthermore, connected at their outer edges by a f elly'member which is integral with one side member and is interlocked with the other side member, and thus all the artsof the wheel will remain connected rmly together when the rim and the hub, wherein the hub sleeve Cv isexteriorly threaded at one end and is expanded at the other end, as at c. .This expanded end of the hub is engaged by a corrugated collar Hz with which coperates a similar collar i', between which vcollars H2 i is positioned the inner corrugated edge portion b of side member A. Secured'to the hub sleeve C within the threaded part thereof is a fixed collar h with'which coperatesanother collar j', and between the two collars is fitted the corrugated edge 'portion of the side member B. The collars and the side membersare secured together by bolts or rivets H3, and a brake drum K is secured to the side member A by the bolts Hx3 whichfasten said side member to the collars H? i.

A spain sleeve C2 is positioned on the hub sleeve theend portions of said spaclll `a central hub or sleeve L', the respective end portions of which are connected rigidly to the halves of the wheel. Each half consists of side plates A' B' composed of preed metal, each plate being bent to a certain curvaturethe b ent lplates being positioned reversely to each ot er so that the part of the wheel makes Vthe appearance illustrated in Fig. 4. The member A' is provided at its edge with corrugations, as at e',L and the hub or central art of this member A is offset and provi ed with a corrugated flange b. The other sidemember B'is bent at its edge to form the felly'section D', the latter extending at right angles to the plate B', and

the free edge of said felly section D' being bent upwardly and corrugated to produce the d'. The middle portion of the plate B is corrugated, as at b, and .said corrugatedmetal parts b of the plates A' B' are attached rigidly to the hub sleeve L2. As

shown; `the hub sleeve L* is rovided near.its4

end with collars j2 h, sai collarshaving corrugated faces for engagement with the corrugated portion b of side member B', the

whole being firmly secured together by 4bolts.

or rivets Hf. The other side member A' is secured between corru ted collars z" H by bolts H, said collar 5 being a part of a clamp M, the main purpose of which is to fasten a worm gear M rigidly to the hub sleeve. The axle I passes through the hub sleeve U so as to have ball-bearin engagement at yI' with the respective en 'portions of said hub sleeve. Each half of the wheel is "provided with a demountable rim E', said rim being provided with clamps f by which a tire F' is attached to the rim E' so as to be demountable with the rim and to be replaceable with said rim as desired.

It is to be 4noted that each half of the wheel shown in Fig. 4 embodies the neric features of the invention disclosed in igs. 1

. 2 and 3, that isto say, each half consists o plates, one of which is provided with a bent edge to serve as a felly; that the felly meinber of one plate is interlocked with the flanged edge of the other'plate, that a de mountable rim is positioned on the fell member and in abutting engagement wit the interlocked edges of the plates, whereby the rim and tire may b e dsmounted by withdrawing the same laterally. from the felly member and that the hub portions of the Irespective side members have interlocking engagement with a hub construction lof one form or another.

Theconstruction illustrated in Figs. `5 and 6 is substantiallythe same as in Fig. 4, the distinction between the two constructions being the use of a short hub sleeve N through which extends an axle. The side plate A' is fastened by collarsto the `hub sleeve, whereas the companion side plate B is fastened by collars to a short sleeve O, the latter beingV provided with a hall-bearing o'for the outer end of the axle I. 4The side plates A Bz are \fastened to their vcollars by a single set of through bolts O', the latter operating to attach adrivin sprocket P to the outer Vface of the side mem er B2 of one half of the wheel. In Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings there is shown a further embodiment of the invention, wherein the side members A' B are separate -from the rim Q and have interlocking engagement therewith.` The rim shown is channeled consisting of a felly member q and depending flanges g', the latter being corrugated more or less and having interlocking engagement with' the corrugatedV parts g of the side members. On the felly memberV q of the channeled rimis positioned a metallic-part t of a tireT, the latter being shown in Fig'. las a double tire adapted to be held in pos1tion by wed e'members t' and clamping plates T. As s own, bolts U pass through the clamping plates, the side'plates and t el flanges of the rim, for the purpose of binding the parts solidly together, said clamping plates acting on the wedge plates t for binding the tire firmly in .position upon the felly. V

We may employ a channeled rimQ which is open interiorly, but it is preferred to emlliiloy a filling Within said channeled rim, said lling consisting of segments of suitable ma-- terial Q'. The'segments are wedged l'gghtl Y In the construction of Fig. 9 the dernount-` able rim -E and tire Fz are retained in position upon the felly member Ds by coper` atin wedge plates V V'. The felly member is integral with one' side member B of the wheel, said felly member being c 1s vided with a corru ated flange 'uV whi corrugated for inter ocking engagement with a similar 'corrugated flange v' formin a part ofthe side member A. VThe wege Elate V is fastened to the demountable rim by a. screw bolt u, and this wedge member is provided with a dependin flange w having an aperture through w 'ch is adapted to pa the bolt U. The wedge plate V is thus attached to the demountab e rim so as to be removable and replaceable therewith, and this wedge plate V coperates ge V', the latter be-` with the companion w ing seated u'pon the wheel felly Da and secured in position by the through bolt U.

This bolt7 acts against a washer or side plate w and when the bolt isremoved the pressurelof wedge Vis slack'ened so that the rim tire and wedge plate V may be disniounted without interruptin the mterlockin .engagement between tie ianges "u 'u' o the res ective side plates A* Bf.

lthough we have shown and described the sidemembers of they wheel as having corrugations to secure the desired interlockin engagement, it is apparent to those skled inthe art thaty various equivalent constructions may be employed to. effect the interlocking connection between said side members.

Having thus fully described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is; A

1. A vtraction wheel comprising opposed side. members 'formingspoke webs, a cylindrical rim seatv rigid withon'e of said members, 'an'outstandingiange on the rim seat interfit'ting with a-coperating radial flange on the v other lmember to form an abutment for a rim, a clamping member resting on the rimV seat, and means. passedl through the ad clamping member and through said interitting ang'es.

2. A traction fwlheel comprising opposed side members forming spoke webs, a cylindrical rimnseat ,rigid withronep of said mem-` i bers, acorugated outstanding fiange on the rim seat intel-fitting with .a coperating lcorrugated radial `iange on the other member tions of the fian to form an abutment for a rim, a clamping member resting on the rim seat, and means passed through the clamping member .and throu h said interfitting iianges.

3. traction wheel embodyin disks forming spoke webs, each of pressed meta ruga-ted lange, said disks being positioned reversely one to the other and the corrugas interfitting, one of said sk belng disks havin rim seat, an means passed through the interftting anges for locking a rim detachably upon said seat.

4. A traction wheel embodying opposed disks forming spoke webs and having intertting corrugated outstanding ian s, means passed through said`flan s for hodejng tireengaging means, a hub s eeve and means securin the same' to said disks.

a ateral portion forming a' 4o opposed with an outstanding cor- 5. traction wheel embodying opposed Y disks forming spoke webs and having intertting corrugated outstandin anges, means passed through said anges or holding tireenga 'ng means, a hub sleeve, means-securso..l

ingt e same to said'disks, and aA driving 

